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[William Adams, half-length portrait, facing front] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[William Adams, half-length portrait, facing front], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[William Adams, half-length portrait, facing front], [between 1844 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [William Adams, half-length portrait, facing front] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[William Adams, half-length portrait, facing front]

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Identified through an engraving of William Adams in Buttre's *The American Portrait Gallery*, this half-length daguerreotype shows the sitter facing the camera on a half-plate silvered copper plate. It was produced in Mathew Brady's studio at some point between 1844 and 1860, when the daguerreotype was the dominant portrait process and Brady's New York rooms drew many notable sitters. Scratched numbers on the face and back of the plate suggest studio or later cataloguing marks, and the plate came to the Library of Congress through a 1920 transfer from the U.S. War College.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesIdentification from an engraving of William Adams in Buttre, The American Portrait Gallery, v.2, pl. 3. Scratched on face of plate: 254; Judge unknown. Scratched on back of plate: No. 11; 143. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsAdams, William,--1807-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,264 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference4_William_Adams_halflengt_1844

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